DNA fragmentation factor 45 deficient mice exhibit enhanced spatial learning and memory compared to wild-type control mice

Brain Research

Volumn 867, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 70-79

  Slane, Jill M ^a   Lee, Han S ^a   Vorhees, Charles V ^b   Zhang, Jianhua ^a   Xu, Ming ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Dentate granule cells; DFF45; Hippocampus; Morris water maze; Spatial learning

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA FRAGMENT;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL COUNT; CELL DENSITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENTATE GYRUS; FEMALE; GRANULE CELL; MALE; MAZE TEST; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPATIAL MEMORY;

ANIMALS; APOPTOSIS; CELL COUNT; DENTATE GYRUS; DNA FRAGMENTATION; FEMALE; MALE; MAZE LEARNING; MEMORY; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, MUTANT STRAINS; PROTEINS; SPACE PERCEPTION; SWIMMING;

EID: 0034625574     PISSN: 00068993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-8993(00)02258-7     Document Type: Article

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